Holiday Inn Exp Puerto Madero Buenos Aires

ATM INSURANCE &#8211; BUQUEBUS FERRY &#8211; PUERTO MADERO &#8211;SUNNY &#8211; 28.10.09<br><br>My brother Lou, Lynn and I went to Puerto Madero, the harbor, to book our 3 hour ferry trip with Buquebus MVDO Eladia Isabel to Uruguay for the next day, Thursday 29th October, the month seems to be flying by. On the way to the dock, we saw the 'Stad Amsterdam' sailing ship which was open for viewing. The Dutch crew spoke good English and were very forthcoming ...

Sunday, October 04, 2009<br><br>Well, quite a lot has happened in the two weeks since I last posted. Some things have been good, and some things have definitely not. In this post, I think I'll cover a little of each. By the way, it&#8217;s kind of amazing to think about but I&#8217;ve already been here for more than a month. I have no idea where the time went, and it&#8217;s frightening ...

... someone has just tried to get into my bag. We had a laugh, and then I felt a slight tug on my bag. I turned round. And some cheeky so and so had their hand on my bag trying to undo the zip! It was a girl in her 20´s with a friend pretending to read a map. I didn´t know what to say, I think I just growled but I can´t be sure (I didn´t go mad like that time in Poland, you´ll be glad to hear Mam &amp; Dad!).<br><br>On the return we had eyes like hawks, and easily spotted ...

... ceilings, parquet floor and a huge duvet. We immediately had to have a walk round the corner too to see the famous Obelisco.<br> <br> So first of all we walked from our place to the Pink Palace (Casa Rosada) which is basically like their version of the White House, so the president lives there but it's also where a lot of the political action goes on. The general public isn't allowed in but we had a good walk round it and saw the balcony from which Eva ...

... Llao to a famous hotel where we planned to have tea on the terrace whilst admiring the view of the mountains, as recommended by the Lonely Planet. However you may recall that Jamie and I don´t seem to have much luck with posh hotels and we were once more ushered out of the door by the management as quickly as possible without even getting to see a menu.<br><br>Buenos Aires was our next destination and upon arrival we headed for the San Telmo area, which is supposedly the ...

... time, towering over the contents of a packet meal placed on a plate. It will shortly be nuked to eating temperature and consumed to satisfy his giant hunger, or at least part of it. At the precise moment he opens the microwave door, a rat scurries along the counter until the door obstructs its path, and which point it hops deftly into the microwave. Giant Dutchman has the presence of mind to whip out a giant hand ...

... protegida por vallas (debido a las numerosas protestas ciudadanas) Plaza de Mayo. Un dato curioso que no conocía y me chocó bastante es la cantidad de Israelies que habitan esta ciudad, junto con la cantidad de refugiados fascistas de la 2ª guerra mundial. Ello provocó, por ejemplo, que la hija de una víctima de un campo de concentración reconociese como al torturador de su padre a su vecino!!!

... has had us on a very tight itinerary! She has scheduled in toilet breaks and photo stops though so we can´t complain, he he!!!! Our first stop was the Obelisk, which is only a few blocks away from our hostel. When we got there we found there was some sort of fun run on and lots of sports going on around the area. We also found out that the road where the obelisk is is actually the widest road in the world. It is quite impressive! From here we then walked all around the city ...

... discovered that undertaking volunteer work on community and environmental projects is also popular - I met a group of young English women at a pub trivia night in Cusco a couple of weeks ago who were spending part of their gap year helping out a centre for abandoned children. Which is my segue for the following announcement: Through Apus Peru Adventure Travel, I have donated most of my 'souvenir spending money' towards helping ...